The Sun. — London, England, 1838-11-21 00:00:00

------_, C lAi N ri - L - 1,-. ~ 4 ..-L ‘-'-U4n, X COURT . _(THIS DAY.) that the fraudulent intention was siifficiently proved by the - i .„ . . ;i1 e cc , -; ~ I ti:;. defendant, aft or notice 1:,,k,i t -., ~ . 1., r,. GAltuNEii. V. LAUCtILAN.—JUDGM ENT. him that his false representation had been repeated to the The LORD CHANCELLO R gave judgment to-day in th;s plaintiff. The declaration sufficiently averred the fraud, ease, which came before his Cordsiiip upon appeal from the i and the plea was not a good answer to it. decision of the Vice-Chancellor. The only question in the case was, DEVAUX V. JANSON. fendar whether the notice of the assignment to the de- This came before the Court on a special case. The of it was sufficient under the 21st section of the Statute action was brought on a policy of insurance made upon a James-_ta A person, named Scott, being indebted to the merchant ship, which was to sail to and from Calcutta. In assigned all the freight of a ship to him, giving The insurance was on freight, and the plea was that the made to that effect to Lauchlan, to whom the freight was loss of the vessel was not incurred by any of the risks in ch e PaYithle. Upon the case corning on before the Vice- eluded in the policy. The case would include almost Wnancellor he was of opit:ion the notice of th e assignment every that could arise upon a policy of insurance. The toassuflicient, and declared that the plaintiff was entitled vessel having sprung a leak on her outward voyage, was the freight, and from that decision the defendant . ap- forced to put into a port on the coast of Coromandel for pealed, of the Vice-andthe •- 1 " bilged" and broken up by an His Lordship was of opinion that the judgment repair, Chancellor was correct, and dismissed the ap- acc id en t w hi c h t oo k p l ace d ur i ng t h e attempt to remove Peal w i t h costs. her from the dock. Sergeant WILDE appeared for the plaintiff, and his arguments lasted to the time of our going to press. . DAS. His L ORDSHIP aIsoS CoTT gave v judgment in this case. The Plaintiff in th e cause was entitled, under the will of her father, to an interest in 2001. Long Annuities. That inte rest was sett l ed up on hers e lf, no t t o b e li a bl e to t h e con t ro l of her husband. The plaintiff, to ge th er w ith h er h us b an d, Sol d all he r i nterest to one of the defendants, who was the trustee for 2,0001. ; and the object of the bill was to im th e that transaction. Upon the case coming on before Vic e - Chancellor, his Honour declared that the 200/. Ltdig Annuities was still liable to th e equ iti es o f th e dis plaintiff. With that j u d gment hi s L or d s hi p concurre d , an d t nissed the appeal with costs. DENT v. BENNETT. to T arguments in this p ar t h ear d case , were conc l u d e d . gay The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed giving judgment. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A middle-aged man, named Win. 114 - addox Turner, was brought up by 109 F, who stated that he found him last night asking alms in Covent-garden. On being ques tioned if it was his first offence, the complainant said that he had o❑ several occasions seen him begging, and, as he could not keep him off his beat, he took him to the station-house. The defendant said he was driven by " hard penury" to ask alms. In early life be held a confidential situa tion in a banking-house of much repute, at which time he w;:s possessed of property to a considerable amount, but having squandered the entire of it, he was reduced to the necessity of gathering bones in the streets to gain a scanty subsistence, and after suffering more than human nature could well endure, he was compelled to excite charity from any benevolent people he could meet with. Mr. THISTLETON, a County Magistrate, commiserated his reverse of fortune, and said as the offence had been so repeatedly committed, he had no alternative but to send him to prison for a month. OLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) MORRIS V . The obj ect of this suit was . to have Timm'Ns a partition of a certain Piece of land in Wales. The case w hi c h was opened yesterday, did not possess a tingle featur e of interest. VEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) BEAUMONT V. BROWN. ' this Was an action on the case, brought by the plaintiffs, kent7eare seed crushers, carrying on business at Brandon, in against the defendant, a London broker, for negli gently delivering twenty-one pipes of oil to a person named er ,„.. ac c'ek, without payment, and by reason of the latter be tiW:"'ng bankrupt, the price of the oil was lost to the plain- C . 43 ' The case was tried before Lord Denman at the last appear d sittings ' and a verdict h a d for the plaintiffs. It 1 eon the t ria l t h at t h e o il h a d b een sen t t o L on d on fe n d e b arge of a p erson name d E aston , cons i gne d t o th e clo th nt ' A person in the employment of Peacock came t o d 7. 'wharf, and said he had an order from Brown for the j o e „,ZY of the oil, whereupon Easton gave it up, and meet orbd r° '"n subs equent l y , t h e l a t ter sa id h e h a d g i ven no per for the delivery of the oil. Easton said " Then shall lied d stop the d e li very ; i t i s no t ye t t oo l ate. " B rown `` la No, d on ' t d o t h at —l s h a ll see after it myself. " the Was the principal evidence against the defendant, and Atto rney -General subsequently obtained a rule to set ode th e verdict, and for a new trial, on the ground th a t f:saston being to a certain extent responsible to the plaintiffs 111 e vidence was inadmissible. r t d e ' ~„C aE swELL now appeared t o s h ow cause aga i ns t th e Apt • tie conte n d e d t h at E aston was a perfect l y goo d t o l i r s s , inas muc h as he was merely the carrier of the goods I N wn, and had no concern whatever with the payment. 400l'Peared also that he had it in his power to recover the tr hut Br own too k t h e respons ibili ty upon hi mse lf o f quotedansferring the m t o Peacock. The Learned Counsel 1,,0 several authorities from " Starkie, on Evidence," P. 103, i n support of his argument. 1,-(Lr• C LEASBY follo we d on th e same s id e . tiIie." eAT TORNEY-GENERAL was heard in support of the lig e rie conte n d e d t h at t h ere was palpable proof of neg- Nvi t i?" On the p art o f E aston i n h av i ng d e li vere d the oil AI nut th e wr i tten order of the def e ndant. He urged w r , : tb er, that i nasmuc h as E aston was t h e servant o f t h e h e ltitiffs, and the oil was delivered into his safe keeping, tl eo -a4 legally responsible to them, and therefore his evi was inadmissible. The COURT took time to consider its decision. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) R: THE EXPLOSION ON BOARD THE VICTORIA. C r W. FOLLETT moved tor a rule to show cause why eocseoroner's inquest, held on the body of Andrew Brown, tea se death . was caused by the explosion on board the the mer V i ctoria should not be quashed. It would . be . in we recollection of his Lordship that considerable prejudice , h a . , B excited at the time, both in the minds of the coroner -`1(1 o f the jury. 41 % Justice LITTLEDALE recollected having granted a 11 , er tiorari to bring up an inquisition in one case, and this as very lik e ly th e same . W as t h ere not a deodand of ' O O4 ? Sir W. F OLLETT sa id t h ere was such a deodand, and he ' C 'W moved to quash it. O ne o f t h e groun d s o f hi s app r Nion was informality, which was apparent on the face of the a instrument, for some of the jury had signed with their 11 - `tials instead of signing their names at full length. But i i ,aPprehended there were other serious defects. The ob ' of the j ur y was t o punish the proprietors of the vessel, t 41 ,114 they therefore fixed a deodand of 1000 l ~ assuming 1 1 ; a • i t they had a r ight to fix a deodand, not only on the ev aer, b ut on the stea m-engine, which had nothing what th" to do with causing the accident. The boilers,. though Y assisted in working the steam-engine, were distinct and l''Parate, and the steam-engine could neither accelerate . ,bursting nor cause death. It was laid down in t at ' es Pleas of the Crown, that deodands were of two q 4 :! re s - --such as moved to the death, and such as were `'sent, and yet occasioned the party's death. Several ra s o t t a j l ees wer e given. If a cart and horse should be in tu ld r , and the cart and horse ran over a man, the cart the orse might be a d eo d an d, an d also the load, because of the w ou ld i ncrease the pressure, an d might be one Iv er 'a Cause s of the wound. But if the horse and cart l es to standing still, and the person fell from the wheel so t ,eceasion death, the whole cart was not forfeited_ . ,_ . h $,..,.ety 41 e ugtLa wheel from which he fell. After Sir William . t , h ad cited several other cases of a similar nature, .• Justice LITTLEDALE granted a rule to show cause. ~11/1 : 1 11r e , E QUEEN V. THE MAYOR OF MAIDSTONE. tIea,`'RANNELL moved, on the part of a person named f plaid;',"'iramons, for a mandamus, directing the Mayor o t 'oro u l :4l e to Place his name on the burgess roll of that f he T oy , Mr. Simmons was now one of the members o aefor:,,,-nouncil, and in November an objection was taken . 44 t1 : u e Mayor that he was not entitled to be enrolled, l ake tt was struck off. When the same objection was as uefore the Revising Barristers, they decided that he ?atitl e d, A, , The question in this case was similar to 'ark few days ago granted. 9Str w TH E QUEEN V. PARROTT. 1 ° ?pi -rO LLETT moved for a rule to show cause why a sting a hnto should not be issued against Jasper Parrott, ,tkee of im to s h ow b y w h at aut h or i ty h e exerc i se d t h e a burgess of Totnes. The application was made q,"%i0. - -g r eand that he was not propeOy rated. The Ite 41it' -"arrister hadaldecided that he was not rated. tev ision s h tw o , however, now took place b-fore the Mayor ad d e . assessors ; and the Mayor and one of the assessors oth er ekl e d in as se __favour of Mr. Jasper Parrott, whilst the 4te d th scar had protested against the decision. it ap been r, a t for political objects three or four names had ; 11. 14 n. ril i , t h an the rate,and Were then carried out in one tti s ior t h e e r e Was n o di st i nct rat i ng o f eac h p ar ty, but one Whole. LiStice LITTLEDAI.E granted the rule. C 0 Air ` 74 MON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) . 1 41 . PILMORE V. WOOD. : 1 4 17 ; 1 , 3 ease the defendant was owner of a public-house, %'iefe4c•st Et person named Bovor was in treaty, whom 41;44t,sta.ed that the retail returns were t l e B . o/. per • 4 4 4 ; tas'ar-13e_o_iv(i.r was unable t,o complete the contract ; and (1, 4 .150.v 0r , e'. between the parties . that plaintiff was to stand } in ri ant b a ' c '• - • 'e d ' Plac e B vor told him the representation which ctise . -au made to 11.7 n as to the returns of the public- N I4 4S i ' 4 nd before plaintiff - wade the agreement defendant )rt,ll4lled that NI ,t,„, a~, had ;epeated his statementta beto hfo r 1 11(1,, d ,`,1.1, defendant allowed • the transaction brought ay Ll ama _gersdeur that t appreh t e b n a s t io r n e . p . e I )ee, s s ain e d in entation, alleged to n re A s ti action was : tll‘4l` "Iraildulent. In " Comyn's Digest" it was laid do ‘ k .4 4 ~. Iti N cu o was sus ° on the case would lie, where injury !i4::at'ynba3rUathnocitdeceit." The defendant pleaded that he this ql. n. 0 _ yto Bovor to make the representation in 1 intiff it was urged that 1, 1 4 )1 ka Was 1 1 ' ,a t_ i lle . Part of the It i i , ~. (~ o u, , ki in form . and substance. p Qt .1 ) . 4"1 . did not think the plea was wrong in form ;it (1/4) eln bstance. heel 4 behalf 1 11,, 14 acti, n of the defendant it was contended that the f.: aa / „ was wrong in substance, because . it did not state <lk'ql.(lek,t4:.e.soqthtialet agreement. betw ea e r en w to t ‘ b o e r r eel-Ird notth (le the de the ei lle,i t __ _ e It did not app tv.. sa tt , t. .'-'°‘b to. between the on and defendant was . kl: 18 said ) ' 4 4d, if the declaration was . good, the plea (it 4, 5 Pl ea, i was also good • for the plaintiff, by demurring to _thorit,,, I)2d„andvrnitted ' that the defendant had given no 4,17 Plai n j til ,? 15 I t Owl' atsofurrereart contended, the on statement referred to to i th.,400d ,„ tended, that a mere naked qe mu st -Qs not enough to give a right of action, but that t I,c be a clear intention to deceive. N twte ~...elrtruldwere of opinion th a t th ere h a d been such a Live the plaintiff a right of action ; And LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY DEAL, Nov. 20.—Wind NiTh., fresh breezes.—The Clo rinda, from Batavia, sailed this morning for the River. PORTSMOUrH, Nov. 20.—Wind E., fine.—Passed by the Claudine, Kemp, from Madras, :for London—sailed the 20th July, Cape 16th, and St. Helena 27th Septemb , r. Put back the Cumberland, Bowser, for London, with loss of fore and foretop sail yards. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 19.—Wind E.—Arrived the Bell, Wil son, from Bilboa; Magic, Trewaras, from Galipoli ; Brown field, Cowling, from Faro. Sailed the Princess Josephine, Blackman, for Marseilles. FALMOUTH, Nov. 19.—Wind E., fresh breezes, with rain and thick weather.—Arrived her Majesty's steamer Meteor, from a cruise. Sailed the Liverpool (steamer), for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar. Memoramdum—The ship Larkins, Ingram, from Calcutta for London, struck yes terday on a sunken rock in Mount's Bay, and became so leaky that the Captain and twenty-two passengers quitted the ship, and landed at Penzance to send off' assistance, and the former has arrived here this evening for the purpose of obtaining, if possible, a Government steam-boat to go in search of the vessel. Since writing this evening the ship Larkins has reached our port, having eight feet water in her hold. Thirty men from the Lizard went on board this forenoon, and suc ceeded in keeping the water under, by which means she was enabled to reach the harbour just at the time when Captain Ingram was about embarking in her Majesty's steamer Meteor to go in search of the vessel, Captain Plumridge, our Naval Superintendant, having promptly granted her for that purpose. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 20. —Wind S. E. fresh. —No arrivals. Sailed the Columbus, Cropper, for New York ; Fairfield, Slack, Savannah ; Ellen Jenkinson, Walker, for Trieste ; Banffshire, Pitcairn, for New Orleans ; Margaret, Chalmers, for Mobile ; Pearl, Carrick, for IQtappa ; Trafalgar. Baxter, and Hero of Malown, Grundy, for Sydney ; Hindoo, for Swan River ; Cou m bi ne , L ea dbi tter , f or S avannah ; Lady Paget, for Batavia ; Pizzaro, Stage, for Madeira. SHEERNESS, Nov. 20.—Arrived the Octavia, Andrino, from Bremen, after being on the Smile Sand. DOVER, Nov. 20.—Arrived Providence, Hoesman, Onega. BRISTOL, Nov. 20. —Arrived the Triumph, Lodge, from St. Petersburgh. YARMOUTH, Nov. 20. —The Wonder, Moss, from Hamburg to London, was on Winterton Ness yesterday ; crew (except one boy) and passengers drowned. HARWICH, Nov. 20. —The Friendmhip, Forster, from New castle to Dunkirk, was on shore at Bardsey yesterday; crew saved. DUNGARVON, Nov. 18.—Arrived off port, the Garrick Palmer, from New York. DUBLIN, Nov. 18.— Arrived the Thames (steamer), Olivia, Davis, and Hope, Llewellyn, from London. LIMERICK, Nov. 18.—Arrived the Harriett, Atkinson, from London. GOOLE, Nov. 19.—Arrived the Bee, Best, from Hamburgh. HULL, Nov. 19.—Arrived the Jasmine, Clark, Rob Roy (steamer), and Vine, Batty, from Hamburgh; Hesterling, Dood, Konigsburg. SHIELDS, Nov. 19.—Arrived the Warwick, Lambton, from St. Petersburg. WISBEACII, Nov. 20.—The Oscar, Borsch, arrived here from Sunderland, broke adrift this morning's tide, and became waterlogged. HONFLEUR, Nov. )B. —The Mars, Gordon, arrived at this port yesterday from Stockholm, with damage, and part of cargo thrown overboard. SHOREHAM, Nov. 20.—The Sir Edward, Thomas, bound to Liverpool, which was stranded at the entrance of this har bour on the 14th ult., has been reinstated, cal go shipped, and proceeded this day for her destination. - YARMOUTH ROADS, NOV. 20. —The Eolus, from Guern. sey, arrived here, with loss of bowsprit, and rigging damaged. KINGSTOWN, Nov. 19.—A boat's square, marked inside " Hugh Kelso," outside " William Irvine," came on shore at Sandy Cove this morning. The George, of and from Workington, coal laden, and Elizabeth, from Troon, were on shore at Balbriggan on the 18th inst, THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY,) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of most kinds of grain are small this week. Of Barley and Flour the quantities are fair. The little Eng lish Wheat at Market obtained Monday's prices readily, and in Foreign some good sales were made at rather higher prices. Barley well maintains Monday's rates. Beans and Peas are in small quantities, and higher prices are again demanded for them, and partially obta;ned. Oats support the prices last quoted. There is more doing in the Flour trade than last week, and prices are firm. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. English Irish - - Foreign 590 Oats. I FI , ur '230 tiro. 3,900 ga cks 9,1140 - brls. CITY FISH MARKET. Supplies to-day were good, and so was trade. Prices much as previously quoted. Turbot, ss. and 6s. to 21s. a►,d 255.; Soles, 9d. to 3s. per pair ; Lobsters, 10d. to 3s. each ; Cod, Is. 6d. and 2s. to 10s. and 12s. Whitings and Haddocks as previously quoted. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Supplies of all kinds of Meat good, and the demand brisk -prices have a tendency to advance. Beef 2s. 3d. to 3s. Bd. ; Mutton 2s. Bd. to 3s. 10d. ; Veal 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Pork 3s. Bd. to 4s. 10d. ; Irish 3s. to 3s. 6d. Game and Poultry in large supply, but the demand was heavy-prices shi..v some variation. The following are the quotations for each, and not per couple or per pair :- Wigeons 6cl. to Is. ; Teal 3d. to Is. ; Rabbits, tame, Is. ; wild 6d. to Is. ; Turkeys 3s. 6d. to 9s. ; Pigeons 4d. to 7d. ; Wild Ducks is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. 3 Ducks 2s. to 2s. 6d. ; Blac Game 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. ; Le verets ls. 6d. to 2s. 6d. ; Hares 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. ; Fowls 2s 6d. to 3s. 6d. Eggs lower, ss. 9d. to 6s. 9d. par 120. HOP MARKET. Owing to the duty not being fixed, there is nothing doing, and prices are merely nominal. SPIRIT MARKET. But little doing i❑ Rum. The stock is 12,454 puns. and 1,233 hhds. Geneva is 2s. 4d. to 2s. 6d. Brandy is not higher. Owing to a decline in the price of Barley, British Cjrn Spirits continue Pt 10s. 2d., and it is doubtful whether, as was expected, they will be higher. TALLOW MARKET. P. Y.C. is 575. 6d. to 58 , ., both ways, and but little doing. Town Tallow is in large supply. TIMBER MARKET. A steady business doing in Baltic descriptions, but more in Canadian. Prices firm. COLONIAL MARKETS. To-day very little business was done by public sale, and prices remain just as they were. B. P. Sugar sells steadily at the prices quoted yesterday, but where altered rather easier. The importers show a disposition to meet the wishes of the buyers. No public Tales of Sugar or Coffee to-day. Rice, 2,735 bags Bengal, sold at much the previous quotations, as did also a part of 2,634 bags of Saltpetre, put up to pub lic sale. Tea is in demand for small breaks only. Spices are generally flat. The stock of B. P. Sugar is 40,277 hhds. and tierces and 2,102 barrels; Bengal, 9,095 bags; Manilla, 70,391 bags ; Mauritius, 71,913 bags ; Havannah, 16, 9 34 boxes. The stock of Coffees—British Plantation, 4,845 casks, and 4,961 barrels and bags; Ceylon, 7,517 bags, Mocha, 2,704 bales ; Sumatra, 8,652 bags ; Brazil, 39,689 ba , s; and St. Domingo, 12,442 bags. For to-morrow, we have public sales of 50 casks and 100 bags British Plantation Coffee; 100 bags Pimento; and some Dye Woods. Mr. Amsinek saw the King of the Belgians on Wednesday last, to lay before him the plan and arrange ments of the Thames Haven Dock and Railway Company, which his Majesty highly approved, as most beneficial to Belgium and her railways. The Earl and Countess of Albemarle have been entertaining Sir Robert Adair, Mrs. Clavering, the Hon. Capt. Keppell, and a select party at the Stud House, at Hampton -court. The Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondeley arc entertaining a select party at Cholmondeley Castle, Nantwich, Cheshire. Sir Walter Rockliff Farquhar has arrived in town, from a visit to that noble family. Lady Mary Farquhar continues on a visit at the Castle. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1838. LITERATITRI MILNES'S POEMS. 2 Vols. Moxon, London, 1838. The great charm of these poems is the equable tone of sound, unaffected sensibility that pervades them. Mr. Milnes, their author, indulges in no hysterical raptures, neither does he " tear a passion to tatters," as young poetasters—especially those who haunt the Annuals—are so much in the habit of doing ; but pursues an even course, keeping his fancy, not less than his feeling, ever under the control of judgment. It is not often that we see the intellectual powers so nicely balanced as in the poems before us, where imagination does not overlay sensibility, nor mere reason exert too cold and numbing an influence, but each faculty acts in harmony with the other. The lines entitled the " Flight of Youth" furnish a delightful sample of this well-adjusted intellect. The poem is in the form of a Lament ; Age is supposed to be regretting the irreparable loss of Youth : " Alas, we know not how he went, We knew not he was going, For had our tears once found a vent, We had stayed him with their flowing. It was just as au earthquake, when We awoke and found him gone; We were miserable men, We were hopeless, every one ! Yes, he must have gone away In his guise of every day, In his common dress, the same Perfect face and perfect frame; For in feature, for in limb,: Who could be compared to him ? Firm his step, as one who knows He is free where'er he goes; His impassioned eye had got Fire which the sun has not; Silk to fuel, and gold to see, Fell his tresses full and free, Like the morning mists that glide Soft adown the mountain's side; • Most delicious 'twas to hear When his voice was trilling clear, As a silver-hearted bell, Or to follow its low swell, When, as dreamy winds that stray Fainting 'mid lEolian chords, Inner music music seemed to play Symphony to all his words; In his hand was poised a spear, Deftly poised, as to appear Resting of its proper will. Thus a merry hunter still, And engarlanded with bay, Must our youth have gone away. Tho' we hub' remember now, He had borne some little while Something mournful in his smile, Something serious on his brow. Now, between us all and him, There are rising mountains dim, Forests of uncounted trees, Spaces of unmeasured seas. Think, with him how gay of yore c made sunshine out of shade; Think, with him how light we bore All the burden sorrow laid ; All went happily about him,_ How shall we toil on without him ? How without his cheering eye, Constant strength embreathing ever? How without him standing by Aiding every hard endeavour ? For when faintness or disease Had usurped upon our knees, If he deigned her lips to kiss With those living lips of his, We were lightened of our pain, We were up and hale again : Now, without one blessing glance From his rose-lit countenance, We shall die, deserted men, And not see him, even then !" The imagery throughout this striking passage is in the hap piest accordance with the subject, and the feeling equally ap propriate. The incidental personification of youth, too, where he is represented as wearing " something mournful in his smile," just previous to his flight, is a con ception exquisitely just, and expressed in the purest spirit of poetry. Nor will the reader fail to observe with what consummate judgment a natural tendency to the metaphorical is everywhere kept down, and made amenable to the dictates of good sense. Had these fine lines made their appearance some twenty or thirty years ago, they would have excited general atten tion—far more than many of the most admired, fantastic flights of Shelley ; but the present age has no great relish for pure, abstract poetry ; it is essentially prac tical and utilitarian in its predilections, and regards the creations of mere fancy with indifference, not to say con tempt. Mr. Milnes, therefore, despite his undoubted genius, cannot hope to be extensively read ; but neverthe less he may rest assured that his poems will meet with many ardent admirers, who know how to discriminate be tween the true and the false in imagination, and have the rare good taste to prefer that poetry which feeds and stimulates thought, to that which is merely written ad cap landum vulgus. ENCOUNTER WITH PIRATES. The following account of a bloody encounter with these freebooters of the sea, is contained in a letter lately re. ceived by Captain Jenkins, of Truro, from his gallant son : " Wolfe, Aug. 16, Bay of Bengal. " You w ill b e surpr i se d when I tell you I am now doing duty as First Lieutenant, not having one lieutenant left. It does not give me any increase of pay, as the Admiral is not authorised to give an acting order except in death vacan cies ; however, it gives me a comfortable cabin. We have had some desperate fighting lately with the pirates off Trim gana, close to the Gulf of Siam, China Sea. Whilst at anchor there, in a calm, last May, we observed six large boats, whi c h came f rom t h e i s l and of Sooloo, near Borneo, attack a large Chi nese j un k o f 700 tons. It being a perfect calm the ship could not move, and, being desirous of active service, I prevailed on Captain Stanley to allow me to pro ceed in our boats and rescue the junk, if possible. On my way we fell in with the Hon. Company's steamer Liana , who took us in tow ; t h e sea b reeze then setting in, we steamed and sailed as fast as we could after them. The Diana is a small vessel, about the size of the Ryde steam boat, armed with a long cross twelve, and manned with 30 Malays. I had about 36 as fine fellows as ever went on a cutting-out expedition. On approaching within long gun-. shot the pirates left the junk, and formed a close line on the starboard tack, we passing them without firing on the larboard to leeward. When some distance off they made a signal, and all closed for about a quarter of an hour, when they cut their stern-boats away, and bore right for u s , as we thought with the intention of covering the junk, but I soon saw we were their objects, as they commenced firing from their.headinost boat. We then gave them grape and canister, right and left. The slaughter was immense, as we could see them throwing their dead bodies overboard, and baling the blood out of their boats by bucketsful. Their own list taken in court, on oath, by the prisoners, is as fol lows :—Killed, 54 ; wounded, 82 ; and 27 prisoners in the boat I captured, wherein 11 were killed. The court has awarded us the following head-money :—For 54 killed, 201. each ; 27 prisoners, all of whom are condemned to be hung, 20/. each ; and 5/. a piece for the 82 wounded, making al together 2,0301. The ship shares the same as those en gaged, and my share as a mate will b e 551. We had a most splendid dinner given us by the inhabitants of Singa pore, and my health was drunk with three times three. Captain Stanley was voted a sword of the value of 100 9 , -ineas, to be presented to him on his arrival in England. `lhave a most splendid creese, which belonged to the chief of the pirates, who was cut in two by a round shot ; the handle is made of ivory and gold. and they tell me itis worth 10/. We engaged the pirates from 2 o'clock until dark, when we lost them in a squall. We met the Admi ral on our return to Singapore, ar,d received our orders to proceed to England."—lVest Briton. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF AN ENGLISH GEN TLEMAN IN PARIS.—An English gentleman, whose initials are given in the P ar is P a per s as Sir A— D—, attempted to destroy hi mse lf on S atur d a y l as t, i n th e French capital. He is represented to have been a man of large fortune, which he sp en t i n gam bli ng an d di ss i pa ti on . He staked and lost his last 500 francs at an ecarte table on Friday night, and then, having drunk a quantity of brandy, applied a razor to his throat. It appears that he had not nerve the finish th e operat i on. H e was found by the servan t of _ house b a th e d i n bl oo d, S he gave the alarm, me di ca l aid was procured, and the unfortunate gentleman removed to an hespi al, where he now lies with some chance of recovery. We find the following in Galignani's Messenger, in refe rence, we suppose, to the same unfortunate transaction : " A young Englishman, who had only fifty pounds left out of a con s id era bl e fortune, into possession of which he had lately entered, came last week to Paris, and was e nticed into a private gaming house, where he lost every remain ing shillin g . He immediately weft off to an inn at Cour bevoie, whre he had resided for some time last year, and ordered supper, but previously drank a great quantity of brandy, the effects of which rendered it necessary to carry him to bed. The next morning he attempted to commit suicide by opening the veins of his arms with a razor, but the act was discovered in time to prevent the fatal effect in tended, and he was brought to the Hospital Beaujon, where he is now doing well." Charlemagne, with Mr. Ducrow and his horses, Mr. Van Amhurg and his living lions, will be performed as the first piece, on Fliday next, at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane, to afford an opportunity of witnessing this most extraordinary novelty at an early period of the evening. COURT CIRCULAR. Viscount Melbourne is expected to give a grand Cabinet dinner this evening, at his residence in South-street. Lord John Russell will not be of the party, although last evening it was not positively known whether his Lord ship would or would not attend the Cabinet Council this afternoon. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Jones ; returned to his residence, at Kew, on Monday afternoon. Mr. Dillon arrived at the Colonial-office yesterday after noon, from Canada, with despatches from the Earl of Durham. The Attorney-General and Colonel O'Reilly had inter views with Viscount Melbourne yesterday, at his office, in Downing•street. The Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Vice-President of the Board of Trade,:arrived in town yesterday. Viscount Howick visited Lord Glenelg yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Marquis of Lansdowne left his_residence, Bowood Park, Wilts, yesterday, for town. Lord Holland had a dinner party on Monday evening, at his residence in South-street. Despatches were sent off yesterday from the Foreign, office, for Sir E. C. Disbrowe, Minister Plenipotentiary a the Hague. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Hon. Misses Stapleton, at the London Hotel, Albe. marle-street, from Hastings; Lieut.-Colonel Nicholls, at ditto, from the United States • Sir Thomas and Lady Bar. ker, at ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Temple West, in Harley -street, from Monkton, Somersetshire; Lord and Lady John Scott, at the Clarendon Hotel, from St. Leonard's; Mr. Somers, M P., from Paris ; the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street, from Pelham crescent, Hastings ; the Right Hon. Poulett Thomson, in South Audlcy_street, from Man chester ; Lord Howick, in Whitehall-place, from the seat of Sir Joseph Copley, Sprotborough, Yorkshire ; M Dedel, at Mivart's Hotel, from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Cla rendon, at the Greve, near Watford, Herts. ; Mr. and Mrs. A. Shelley, in Green -street, Park-lane, from a tour ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Tweeddale and family, in Bel grave-square, from the seat of the Duke of Manchester, Kim bolton Castle, Huntingdon ; the Earl and Countess of Tan kerville, in Grosvenor-square, from their scat, Chillingham Castle, near Alnwick ; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. William Fra ser, in Park -street, from the North. DEPARTURES. The lion. Mrs. Ramsay and family, from the London Hotel, Albemarle -street, for Leamington; Mr. and Mrs. Far quhar and family, from ditto, for Scotland. CHANGES. The Earl of Eglintoun and Lord Jocelyn, from Boulogne, for Paris; Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and Lieut.-Col. Ta)lor, from Sandhur.t College, Blackwator, for the Hague ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby and suite, from the Viceregal Lodge, Dublin, on a visit to Mr. and Lady Louisa Tighe, at Woodstock House, Kilkenny; Mr. and Lady Caroline Burges, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Leitrim, at Killadoon House, from Cheltenham ; Colonel and Lady Isabella Wemyss, at Hampton -court, from Windsor Castle; Lord Wriothesley Russell, at Chenies Rectory, from Brighton ; Lord and Lady Waterpark, on a visit to Lord Lichfield, at Shugborough Park, from a visit to Sir John and Lady Harriet Dunlop, at Dunlop House, Ayrshire; the Earl of Camperdown, from Cheltenham, for the North ; Lord Al lred Paget, at Melton Mowbray, from Windsor; the Hon. Captain and Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley, at Belvoir Castle, the seat of the Duke of Rutland, from a visiting tour; Lady Beresford, at the Hotel Windsor, rue Rivoli, at Paris; the Earl of Clanwilliana, from a visit to the Dowager Countess of Pembroke, at Wilton House, for his hunting lodge, in Oxfordshire ; Sir Robert and Lady Steele, at Paris, from Dorsetshire ; Sir William Dunbar, at Brighton, from a tour; the Countess of Chesterfield, at Abingdon Abbey, Not tinghamshire, from Bretby Park, Derbyshire; the Dowager Countess Cowper, and Lord and Lady Ashley, from a visit to Lord Forester, at Willie Park, near Wealock, for Pansanger, Hertfordshire; Lord Winterton, on the Grand Parade, Brigh ton, from Shillinglee, Sussex; the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury and family, at Tottenham Park, near Marl borough, for Byam House, Brighton ; the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, family, and suite, from Genoa, for Rome ; the flight Hon. Sir Frederick Lamb, from Florence, for Vienna; Lord and Lady Powerseourt, at Milan, from a tour in Ger many; Lord and Lady Brabazon, from Milan, fir Naples; the Hon. Gen. Edward Bligh, at Paris, from a tour ; Lord Lyttleton, from Milan, for Venice. The Duke of Rutland arrived in town yesterday morning, from Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire. The Hon. E. S. and Lady Emmeline 'Wortley remain at the castle, his Grace intending to return in a few days. Company will begin to be received at Belvoir early in the ensuing month. The Duchess-Countess of Sutherland returned to Hamilton-place, on Sunday evening, from the seat of Lord and Lady Clarendon, the Grove, near Watford, Herts. The Countess of Minto, accompanied by Lord Melgund, M.P., and the Ladies Elliot, purpose leaving Minto Castle the latter end of the month for the Ad miralty. Shortly after her Ladyship's arrival a series of dinner parties will be given at the Admiralty. Th e Marchioness of Bristol and family are passing the autumn at Ickworth Park, near Bury St. Edmund's. The Noble Marquis is still in Paris. Lord Canterbury , after sojourning two or three days at Boulogne, proceeded to join his Lady and family at Paris, where they will pass the winter. The apartments of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex are undergoing repairs and embellishments during the absence of the Duke on his visiting tour. His Royal Highness and Lady Cecilia Underwood are expected to arrive at Kinmell Park, for the Christmas, oa the 10th I December. The family of Lord Petre has been placed in Esq., son of the late Sir Robert Hugh es , brother mourning by the prema ture demise at Dresden of Arth ur Hu, his Lordship. Mr. Hughes, who was i n t h e primageheusf manhood, was recently united to the Hon. Miss Petre, his Lordship's sister. THE LATE JUDGE - ADVOCATE-GENERAL. —Th e late Right Hon. Cutlar Fergusson, whose demise took on Friday afternoon, was in hi s 70 t h year. ted Judge-Advocate-Gen era l to t h e F orces o res ignation of that office by the late Si r R o b ert Grant, nthe G over nor of Bombay,. in 1834, an d re - appo i nted on the re-accession to office of Lord Melb ourne an d his col leagues, in April, 1835 . Mr. Fergusson was br oug h t up to the bar, and earl y in life went out to India, where h e a large fortune. He had sat in Parli ament f or Kirk cudbright since placeHe wasin Paris appointed made 1826. Th e Ri g ht H on. Gentleman mar ried a French lady, named De Beauchamp, by whom he has left two children. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH The contemplated marriage between Captain Edward Ten nison, of Castle Tennison, county Roscommon, and the accomplished Lady Louisa Anson, eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Lichfield, will be solemnised at Sliugborough Hall, near Lichfield, on Thursday. The youthful bride elect is in her 19th year. Captain Ten- Filson is a descendant of the celebrated Archbishop Ten nison, and is brother to Thomas Tennison, Esq., one of the t fi o e field have be present h a e large eerem o pt n a y r , wealthiest common ers i n I re l and. Lord and Lady Lich yaoftferdiwsthiincghuisthheedbrriedleataiin'eds bridegroom will proceed to Leamington Spa, and thence to Marquishealtl of of Vice-Admiral Florence, wh ere C aptain Tennison's brother is residing. Henry Lytt on B u l wer, Esq., brother to Sir Ed ward Bul wer, B aronet, has been appointed first secretary to theC 1 nr i ear de 's embassy sir at St. Charles Petersburg. Paget, The commanding th e squa d ron on the North American and West Indian station, gives considerable uneasiness to his noble connection s in this country. Lord Clarence Paget, who commands the Pearl sloop of war on the same station, is expected daily to arrive at Portsmouth to be paid off. DEATH OF THE EARL OF SEFTON.—His Lord ship, who has fora considerable time been in a dangerous state of health, expired at a quarter past six last evening, at his house in A rlington -street. The Noble Lord was Earl of Sefton and Viscount Molyneux of Maryborough, in the Peerage of Ireland ; Baron Sefton of Croxteth, in the county of Lancaster, in the Peerage of Great Britain, and a Baronet of England. His Lordship was born on the IStn of September 1772, and married on the I st of Ja nuary, 1792, to the Hon. Maria Margaretta Craven, se cond daughter of William sixth Lord Craven, by whom he has left four sons and five daughters. The Earl is suc ceeded in his titles by his eldest son, Lord Molyneux , now I Earl of Sefton who was born on the 10th of July, 1796, and was married in June, 1834, to Mary Augusta, only daughter o f Robert Gregg Hopwood, Esq. His Lordship has one son, b orn on the 14th of October, 1835. Mr. Poulett Thomson, during hisfshing excursion to Manchester, did us the honour of informing us that though he condescends to receive the pay of President of the Board of Trade, the enlightened Manchester men who return him supply the main sources of the information which guides him in the execution of his office. We admit that he is profuse of panegyrics upon himself, but highly as he estimates his own abilities, those of his constituents, he can didly and frankly allows, are far superior.—Lancashire Herald. A very fine P eregr i ne F a l c on was shot by a gentle man of D ev i zes , on Wednesdab in that neighbourhood. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—Her Majesty rode out this after noon at half past two o'clock, attended by Baroness Lehzen, the Marquis Conyngham, Lord Fingal!, the Hon. C. A. Murray, the Hon. Wm. Cowper, and Sir George and Lady Quentin. _ The Marquis of Conyngham arrived at the Castle yes terday. Colonel and Lady Isabella Weymss have left. This eveding Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Hamilton will have the honour of joining the Royal dinner party. ANSWERS. (Continued from The Sun of Monday.) 258. —Colbert adopted a different notion of policy. Esteem ing manufactures and commerce as the sinews of the state, he gave all possible encouragement to the artizan and the mer chant. —ld. A.—Colbert prohibited the exportation of corn, and the importation of foreign manufactures ; both acts unde niably fooleries, and robberies of the agriculturists. But he never perpetrated the robbery on the agriculturists which is the counterpart of what they practise on the manufac turers ; he never laid a tax on the consumption of home grown corn. He therefore did not give " all possible" encouragement to the artisan and the merchant ; for he did not give the very kind of which the agriculturists have supplied the specimen. 259. —The farmer being discouraged, the necessaries of life became dear ;—the public granaries became ill stored ;—manu factures languished ; —commerce drooped ;—the harvest became scanty ;—and in a short time, industry fell a sacrifice to the ill judged policy of the minister.—ld. A.—So far as the agriculturists were oppressed, ill consequences, no doubt, arose. But this does not warrant the inference, that because ill consequences arose in France from the oppression of the agriculturists, therefore good ones will arise in England from the oppression of the manufacturers. 260.—Tw0 systems are therefore recommended to our adoption, the agricultural, and the commercial. Let us consider the principles of both, and we shall soon be able to judge which is entitled to a preference.—ld. A.—Not quite so fast, perhaps, with the therefore. If nothing is proved either from Sully or Colbert, as to the propriety of oppressing the manufacturers, the therefore falls to the ground. 261.—Principle of the Agricultural System.—That the country shall not become too habitually or extensively depen dent for the subsistence of its people on foreign supply : That as a check on such a ruinous dependence, no foreign corn shall be admissible into the British market, until the price of grain shall denote a risk of scarcity, and then, that such foreign corn shall be liable to such duties as may se cure the British farmer from ruin, by his receiving a price for the produce he has reaped, that will in some degree compensate for the deficiency of his crop. Hence, that to a certain point, (say 60s. per quarter), he ought to enjoy a monopoly, and to a second point, (say from 60s. to 745. per quarter), he shall receive protection. This has for many years been the principle of the corn laws of England, and, after much deliberation, has been adopted in France.—/d. A —All this is understood perfectly. Nothing can be understood better. This is the Agricultural System. 262. —Principle of the commercial System.—That at all times, and from all countries, corn shall be admissible into Great Britain and Ireland : That there shall be no restraint whatever, either in regard to the country whence the corn shall be brought, or to the shipping in which it may be conveyed : In short, that the trade shall be free, in regard to the mode of conveyance, and shall not be liable to ally duty on impor tation.—ld. A.—This is not the principle of the Commercial sys tem ; it is only the principle of the Let-me-alone sys tem. To make anything that could be justly called a Com mercial system in opposition to the other, there must be introduced the principle of laying a tax on the consump tion of home-grown corn. The manufacturers will never be able to hold their own, till they pluck up the spirit and sense to see, that the fair contest is, not between lakefront me and let me alone, but between take from me and take from you. 263 —Arguments in favour cif Agriculture, and a Refuta tion of the reasons urged in favour of the Commercial System. I. That the territory of a country, is the only sure and per manent basis of national prosperity, and the fund, which it is both our duty, and our interest, as much as possible, to culti vate and to improve. —/d. A.—Why f What is territory good for, but for what it will produce? And if there happens to be another cow that will give more milk, why should not it be milked? These questions involve the whole of the case, except the political. 264.-2. That if adequate protection and encouragement he given to the cultivation of the soil, its produce, in Great Britain and Ireland, (unless in seasons peculiarly unfavourable), will be fully adequate to supply their inhabitants with food. —ld. A.—lf it can supply food as cheap as in other ways, lt-t If it cannot, then it is not adequate. 265.-3. That if the principles of free trade are admis sible in regard to other articles, they ought not to be acted upon in regard to corn ; because a dependence on other coun tries for food, is in the highest degree dangerous, and may be productive of the most fatal calamities.—ld. A.—All dependence upon foreign commerce of any kind, is just as much a dependence for food, to those who are concerned. " Have no foreign commerce," therefore, should be the counsel of the counsellors. 266.-4. That if we depended upon foreign governments for food, they would naturally be induced to imposs taxes on the exportation of grain, to enrich their own exchequers, which Prussia actually did in the year 1801 ;See the Re. port of the Agricultural Committee, p. 479.)—1d. A.—Suppose they do impose taxes, what then ? If they impose them till they stop the trade, the agriculturists have what they want, no trade. And if they do not, we have the benefit of the difference. Imagine somebody say ing to foreigners, " Do not trade with England, she may lay duties on her exports." With what a roar of mirth would the counsel be received, in all the counting-houses from Bremen to Odessa. How long will the manufacturers and commercial men of England consent to go grubbing on, among such rem nants of trade as it suits their rivals and enemies to leave them ? 267. and that those foreign countries whence we derive our supplies, may have deficient harvests, in which case, the governments of those countries, may be compelled to prohibit exportation, to prevent their own subjects from being reduced to distress, in which case Great Britain would suffer all the calamities of famine.—ld. A.—That all the countries in the world should have deficient harvests at once, is out of the range of possibility. It would be just as likely, that they should all have defi cient harvests at once and we too ; which floors the agri culturists in their plan for keeping us alive in scarcity at all. 268.-6. [So numbered in the original] That any great dependence on foreign countries for food, would be highly dangerous if a war broke out, by which any regular supply of corn might be prevented and even if we pre served our naval superiority, we might be unable to pro tect our trading ships in all quarters of the . globe, more especially since the discovery of steam na v igation, for it would necessarily become a most important object to our enemies, to prevent our being supplied with grain, as a sure means of reducing us to submission. It was a famine in France, that compelled the government of that country, to agree to an unfavourable peace at Aix-la- Chapelle, on terms, to which otherwise it would never have acceded.—ld. A.—Why not stop all foreign trade for the same reason, —to wit, lest we should he unable to protect our trading ships in all quarters of the globe ? And does not every body know that we must lose some and save others, and that on this, and not on saving everything, the use of com merce depends ? If doubtful, inquire at Lloyd's. 269.-7. That although an insular situation is favourable to a supply by navigation, yet it is exposed to many hazards, in particular to tempests, and "the caprice of the winds and the waves ;" so that a regular supply, for many , seeks and even for months, might be retarded.—ld. A.—lt never blows contrary winds from all ways at once. Just as well tell our water-borne people to eschew naviga tion altogether, lest some time, for weeks or months, there should be nothing doing by reason of all foreign trade being wind-bound. What are corn-merchants for, but to keep a stock on hand, on the watch for an increased demand ? (To BE CONTINUED.) ----- - NATIONAL RENT.—Last night a public meeting of the working classes was held at the Lecture Room, Thcobald's-road, to take into consideration the resolutions agreed to at the Birmingnam meeting, respecting• the col lection of the national rent to be placed at the disposal of the convention of 49 delegates appointed to meet in Lon don on the Ist of January, to watch the progress of the national petition and the people's charter. After some dis cussion a committee of 23 was appointed to collect the rent in the district of St. Giles's-in-the-Fields and St. George, Bloomsbury, RIOT AT HUDDERSFIELD.—A riot took place at Huddersfield last week in consequence of a gentleman named Acland having lectured ill the town in favour of the New Poor-law. The pooul^•ce made an attack upon the place of meetii,, brcakin i w i ndows, &c. and did damage to the extent of 401 . by CORN-LAW FALLACIES, WITH THE 257.—The celebrated Sully, calls agriculture one of the breasts from which the state must draw its nourishment. That great man, could not po3sibly have given us a more happy simile. Instructing by precepts, and stimulating by rewards, he prevailed upon his countrymen to cultivate the art. • But their attention to this branch of industry was of short duration. Public troubles arose, which soon put au end to arts, agricul. tore, and commerce. —On the Corn Laws, by the Right Hon. Sir John Sinclair, Bart. Oct. 1, 1832.—Addenda to " The Code of Agriculture," No. xr. ANSWER. —The simile would not have been a happyone, if it had implied that in some way or other the state was to have the smaller quantity of nourishment instead of the greater. And here is the splitting-point. With the state or the reasonable part of it, " agriculture" means having corn. With the food-monopolists it means procuring a smaller quantity of corn from the grounds of the said mo nopolists, at the expense of a larger quantity which might be had in other ways. It is not proved that the celebrated Sully meant anything of this kind. !I 6 4 1 4 : 2 (fgte HIGH PRICE OF VGALS. \• . Mr. Bradfield at the moment entered the private room for the purpose of making a fresh statement to the Lord Mayor, as to the number of colliers in the river which were waiting for weighers, and seemed to be quite gratified at seeing the complainants, with whom he was, he said, desirous to exchange a few words, Mr. Metcalf had observed in the Newspapers that Mr. Bradfield had been complaining generally against the coal trade. About general accusations he (Mr. Metcalf) would not have for a moment thought of troubling his Lordship, especially from such an accuser ; but when he found that the coal-factors were charged with being in the habit of stealing a tenth part of the property consigned to them, he could not help coming forward to contradict such a calumny in the most positive terms. In fact, such a thing was quite impossible if there were the disposition to be dishonest ex isting. The coal-factors were three miles from the place where the vessels discharged their cargoes. Mr. Bradfield—lt was the coal merchants and wharfin gers I said had been in the habit formerly of stealing the coals to the extent you mention—half a chaldron out of every five chaldrons ; and there is no more doubt of the fact than of my existence. But I came here to inform the Lord Mayor that there are, at this moment, numerous col liers in the river waiting for weighers. The Lord Mayor—ls it possible ? Mr. Bradfield—Not a doubt of it, my Lord, notwith standing the very perfect arrangements boasted of for the benefit of the public. Mr. Metcalf—Then I am to understand that you do not charge the coal-factors with stealing coals, am I ? Mr. Bradfield— I don't charge the coal-facters with stealing coals, but I charge them with doing as bad.— (Laughter,) You do all you can to advance the price of coals, which is as bad as stealing them. You have belonged to the committee of the coal market, and I dare say will very shortly be a member of it again, and you perfectly well understand what I mean. Mr. Metcalf—l see that your object in coming forward in this way is to make the Lord Mayor a stepping-stone to some comfortable place. Mr. Bradfield—l am, at all events, exposing as villainous a system of plunder as ever existed in a great necessary of life. The Lord Mayor—Pray, Mr. Metcalfe, do you consider that there is a sufficient number of weighers to do the busi ness of the trade ? Mr. Metcalf --Certainly, my Lord, there is. There are more than can be employed during some parts of the year —the summer months, for instance. I believe the coals sold yesterday are worked to-day by the weighers ;if not, they will be worked to-morrow. Mr. Bradfield—Yesterday 28 colliers were waiting for weighers. The Lord Mayor—That there is something wrong in the coal trade I have not the least doubt. Probably it origi nates in the north ; but there seems to be a great deal of obscurity, as well as trick, about it. Mr. Metcalf—There have been already inquiries into the state of the coal trade, and we are ready to give every in formation we can. The system we have at the coal market is the best, in my opinion, that can be devised. We are enabled by it to establish a steady price for the commodity. . Mr. Bradfield—Yes, indeed, a steady high price.--(A laugh.) • Mr. Metcalf—A price merely remunerating to those en gaged in the trade. Mr. Bradfield—Oh, dear ! Remunerating. Is that all ? It is a monstrous and cruel imposition upon the poor ; and the coal-factors are perfectly aware of it. The Lord Mayor—Mr. Bradfield, I must not permit you to attack these gentlemen, whom I know to be persons of the highest respectability. In censuring what you consider to be an abuse you most violently attack every body who has any thing to do with the trade, You attack the mem hers of the Parliamentary Committee, the Aldermen, the coal-owners in the north, the coal.factors, the coal-mer merchants, and the wharfingers.—( Laughter.) That great abuses exist I entertain not the least doubt, and I wish it were possible to correct them ; but intemperate language is opposed to the very principle and essence of inquiry. Mr. Bradfield—l assure you, my Lord, they all deserve it.—(A laugh). If your Lordship knew as well as I know the villainous course pursued you would say so too. It is enough to make any man of common feeling indignant. The Lord Mayor—Pray, Mr. Metcalf, is there not an understanding that if a ship delivers coals in London out of what is called her turn, she will find some difficulty in pro curing coals again M. Metcalf--That I cannot answer. I am not ac quainted with the system in the north. We take what coals we consider necessary. The Lord Mayor—And if the public want more you dare not sell them ? We understood Mr. Metcalf to answer in the negative. The Lord Mayor—You'd be put out of the trade if you were to break such regulation ? Mr. Metcalf—l don't know. I did not expect to be asked these qnestions, my Lord, and I am not prepared to answer them ; but I am convinced that we do everything to keep a steady market, and to serve the public. The Lord Mayor—Are you acquainted with any case in which a party having entered into a contract to supply a certain qua n tit y of coals could not get the article without paying three shillings a chaldron more than any body else, because he, on a former occasion, unloaded before his time ? Mr. Metcalf—l am not acquainted with any case of the kind. The Lord Mayor—l am ; and lam convinced of the existence of a most injurious combination. Mr. Bradfield—Yes, my Lord, and the coal-factors are aware of it, and support it to the utmost. Mr. Metcalf—My Lord, Mr. Bradfield may do what he chooses to break up the combination, if such a thing exists ; but let him not accuse the coal-factors of stealing coals. Mr. Bradfield—Allow me to ask you a question or two, Mr. Metcalf.—(Laughter). Mr. Metcalf—No, Sir, I shall not answer any question from such a quarter. Mr. Bradfield—Very well ; don't suppose, however, that I have done with you yet. The Lord Mayor had no doubt that Mr. Bradfield's motive was good, and his perseverance and zeal were extra ordinary. MAGISTRATES of SCOTCH BURGHS. GLASGOW.—The Hon. Henry Dunlop, of Craigton, Lord Provost. Henry Paul, Richard Kidston, John Small, William Robertson, and John Bain, Esqrs., Bailies. James Browne, Esq., Dean of Guild. John Neil, Esq., Deacon Convener. Henry Brock, Esq., Treasurer. Robert Hutchinson, Esq., Master of Works. James Turner, Esq., Bailie of River and Firth of Clyde ; John Whitehead, Esq., Deputy do. William Gilmour, Esq., Bailie of Proven. KIRKALDY.—A. 0. Ferrier, Esq., Provost. Frederick Hill and Henry Beveridge, Esqs., Bailies. Thos. Ronald, Esq., Dean of Guild. Roger Black, Esq., Treasurer. INVERKEITHING.--M r , John Spittal, Provost. Messrs. William Miller and James Kirk, Bailies. Mr. John An gus, Dean of Guild. Mr. John Lochtie, Treasurer. Mr. William Fraser, Town Clerk. DuMBARTON.—Peter Denny, Esq., of Castlegreen, Provost. John Paterson and Duncan M'Farlane, Esqrs., Bailies. Mr. Wm. Baptie, Dean ot Guild. Mr. Thos.. M'lntosh, Treasurer. CANIPBELTOWN.—Joh n Lorne Stewart, Esq., Provost. John Colvill, jun., end Daniel Greenless, Esqrs., Sallies. Robert M(Gregor, Esq., Dean of Guild and Harbour Master. Mr. Archibald Andrew , Treasurer. INVERA RY .—P eter Campbell, Esq., Provost. William Campbell and James Wright, Esqrs., Bailies, John Ro bertson, Esq., Treasurer. PEEBLES. --Si r . John Paterson, Provost ; Mr. William. Macnab, First Bailie ; Mr. James Cameron, Second Bai lie. Mr. William Smeal, Dean of Guild, DUMFRIES. —David Armstrong, Esq., Provost. Messr!.. George Dunbar, Thomas Milligan, and Joseph Beck, Jl3 a: Bai lies. M r . J ames Gibson, Dean of Guild. Mr.o h M‘Kie, Treasurer. - - NIO NTROSE.—George Crawford, Esq., Provost. Messrs.- William Sim, George Hall, and William Anderson, Bai lies. Mr. Frans. Japp, Dean of Guild. Mr. David Mackie, Treasurer. GREENOCK.—James Scott, Esq., Provost. Andrew Muir, Alexander M'Callum, William Martin, and W. A- Lindsay, Esqrs., Bailies. Adam M‘Leish, Esq., T r b a .. surer. An inquest was held on Monday at the General Wolfe, Gray's Inn-lane, on the body of aremark . ably fi ne male infant, which was found ex p o exposed within the enclosure of Red Lion-square , at about six inches from the iron railing. The child was wrapped up in a kitchen towel an d in part of a black silk gown, and w as h ar dl y co ld w h en i t was found. There was a slight discolouration over one or the eyes, and blood was oozing from the mouth and nos trils. The child appeared to be full grown. No clue has as yet been discovered to the person or persons implicated in the transaction. A surgeon proved that the child was born alive, but his evidence was conjectural as to the cause of its death. The Jury, after some deliberation, returned the following verdict--" That deceased was found dead and indecently exposed by some person or persons un known ; ( that the child was born alive, but that there W ee not sufficient evidence tq prove how it came by its 40,411," . , , . Mr. Metcalf, a coal-factor, and form \ atlxfine oftiti coal _.-. market committee, waited upon the Lor4Akidetkiimilleitl quence of the statement made by Mr. - Iti : adfield to his Lordship relative to the body to which he belonged. He was accompanied by the other coal-factors, who felt them-, selves aggrieved at what appeared in the Newspapers about them.